Harness.



No. 737,295. PATENTED AUG. 25., 1903.

' 0. A. SWART.

HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1900.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE."

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,295, dated August 25, 1903. I

Application filed August 17, 1900. fierial No. 27,149. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, ORSON A. SWART, a citizen of the United States, residing in Middletown, (post-oflice address Margaretville,) in the county of Delaware, State of New York, have invented and produced a new and original Design foran Attachment to Head'stallsan Improvement in Harness-of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

This invention relates to attachments for headstalls or bridles.

The object ofthe invention is to provide simple and efiective means for holding the cheek-straps closely against the head of the animal, thereby to obviate flapping or movement of the blinders and observance of objects in the rear, thus to prevent any tendency of the animal becoming frightened, and to provide for the adjustment of. the cheekstraps and nose-bands above the points of attachment of said parts to the bit-rings, whereby to permit of their being drawn closely. together or separated, thus to adapt the headstall or bridle to animals of different sizes,

. and, further, to accommodate animals having long or short mouths.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of an attachment for headstalls, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

- In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, itbeing understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof.

.In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of a portion of a headstall or bridle v equipped with the improvement of this invention. Fig, 2 is a detail perspective view of the attachment.

Referring to the drawings, l'designates a headstall or bridle having the usual components and including cheek-straps 2, a nose band or strap 3, and bit-rings l. The nose band or strap is shown as connected to a facestrap 5, connected to the top of the headstall, as in bridles of the ordinary construction. On the nose-band and on opposite sides thereof are buckles 5, the lower portions of the cheek straps being provided with similar buckles .6, said buckles serving in both instances to receive the ends of their respective straps, which are looped through the bit-ring. The attachment constituting the present invention comprises a strap 7, having enlarged apertured terminals 8, adapted, respectively, to be engaged by the buckles 5 and 6 and extending at an angle from one buckle to the other. The terminals 8 aline with the parts to which they are connected, and the cross connection resulting from the attachment near the bit-rings establishes a twisting'pull on the cheek-strap and holds the latter and the winkers carried thereby close to the head of theanimal, the 'intermediateportion of the attachment being readily yieldable by reason of its reduced width to the nose of the animal.

By the employment of the attachment described and by the manner of connecting it with the parts of the bridle the cheek-straps,

' with their accompanying blinders or winkers, may be made to fit snugly to the heads of horses of difierent sizes, so that the blinders will not flap, and a horse will only be able to see straight before him, thereby positively preventing fright from seeing objects approachingfrom the rear 0r passing at the sides. Not

only is this holding of the blinds to prevent flapping due to the peculiar construction and manner of attaching the cross-strap 7, above described, but this strap by its peculiar construction affords a broad and firm surface for attachment to the cheek-strap and nose-band, respectively.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bridle, the combination with the bitring, of a cheek-strap carrying a buckle and having its end looped through the bit-ring and engaging the buckle, a blindernassociated with the cheek-strap, a nose-strap also Y 2 Yemen carrying a buckle and having its end looped through the ring and engaged With the buckle, and a cross-strap having broadened terminals and an intermediate reduced portion, said cross-strap having its broadened terminals connected With the buckles on, and maintained thereby flatly upon, the cheek and nose straps respectively and in alinement with said straps and its intermediate reduced 10 portion extended at an angle between said straps to exert a forward pull upon the cheekstrap and prevent flapping of the blinder.

In testimony I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORSON A. SVART.

l/Vitnesses:

ARTHUR J. OSBORN, JAs. W. KITTLE. 

